[Bug 223238] Re: Extremely slow Ajax/Javascript/CSS performance in Firefox 3 using non-free nvidia-glx-new

[Rob Lanphier]

** Summary changed:

- Extremely slow Ajax/Javascript performance in Firefox 3 for Linux
+ Extremely slow Ajax/Javascript/CSS performance in Firefox 3 using non-free nvidia-glx-new

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
  
  With Ubuntu 8.04
  
  Firefox 3.0 has extremely slow Ajax/Javascript performance (I'm not sure
- exactly what).
+ exactly what).  Probably CSS related.
  
  #1  Gmail scrolls very slowly (compare this by switching gmail to HTML
  version at the bottom of inbox)
  
  #2 Javascript images open/close/transition extremely slow
          examples:
               http://www.shacknews.com/      (images near the top of page, when transitioning, bring FF3.0 to its knees)
               http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/ssotd/#latest            (images opening and switching to next one)
               http://www.transmissionbt.com/screenshots.php          (opening and closing images are very choppy)
  
        There are many more, those are just a few.
  
  I have both enabled and disabled Compiz but the problem is still there.
  I am not a web developer and can't pinpoint exactly what sort of code is
  causing the extreme slowness but I have tested it on multiple machines
  to make sure.  I have compared it to my Windows XP dual boot box and the
  difference is night and day so it is definitely a Linux issue.  Also on
  a Mac OS 10.4 machine its noticeably faster.
  
  This bug:   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217580
  Is similar but only deals with Gmail, it is now known to be widespread issue.  With performance this slow Firefox 3.0 beta should never have been the default browser. Unless its just the few machines I've used of course.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Apr 27 15:33:59 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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Extremely slow Ajax/Javascript/CSS performance in Firefox 3 using non-free nvidia-glx-new
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